poster layout

Here I have annotated the poster.

Where would my poster be put?


My poster will be put into specialised magazines such as Sight and Sound, it will also be put onto websites such as Vimeo, Youtube and BBC website.  I would not put our poster nor film through a national campaign such as billboards, bus stops, trailers on TV etc.. as our film will only be released on Vimeo, Youtube, BBC and other film sites. 

Synopsis

Living her whole life through abuse and physcological torture “girl” tries to cope the best she can with daily life. She knows that the only serenity she can have is if she imagines a different world where she is in control. But the question is, is this a world in her mind or has she made it a reality?

Film Review

Here is the film review that I created using open office.org.
I decided to follow the conventions that Sight and sound follow as it would be
In their magazine. I decided that since our film is surreal and wouldn't be
released into cinemas that our review should be out towards the back where they review
more unique films. I decided to use a different picture from the one used on the poster
as all film reviews in this particular magazine showed still action shots rather the
poster image. I also felt that this picture also shows the starring actor as well as a key moment.

Final film

Here is my final cut for Yasmin and I's film. We have added dialogue which really makes the film more understandable to the audience.

Magazine Review

Poster Designs

When it came to designing the poster Yasmin decided that she would be in charge of this as she has the most experience with Photoshop whereas I have more experience with writing. Before Yasmin went and designed the poster we both went through a few rough ideas to make sure we were both happy with the product she would be producing. When deciding on the poster design we both wanted the poster to be just as surreal as the film this, we decided to make a whole new image instead of just using one already being used in the film. Yasmin and I created a mind map of what we wanted on the poster which she then took away and created, Yasmin created several different poster ideas so we had more for the audience to give us feedback with.

After Yasmin had created the poster we both looked at what she had created and decided which our favourite one so far was. We then asked a set of different people which poster they liked the best and what they felt was lacking from our posters so far. From the feedback we received we saw that the majority liked poster 3 however after a look back at this poster we decided that there were some changes that we wanted to make. Many people said that we needed to mention the actor in the film and have the main character in the film on the poster. Yasmin and I both wanted to change the layout as we felt the title and credits weren't right. Below is the final poster that Yasmin created.

Sound Created in Garage Band

When creating our soundtrack for the film I decided to start experimenting with Garage Band.

Below I have attached the sound I created.

When creating the sound in GarageBand I first looked at which samples I could use, since I don't play an instrument, from there I was able to pick which instrument I wanted to use.

Once picking the Instrument I was then able to pick which sample I wanted to use.

After choosing all my samples I was then able to duplicate certain bits as well as crop them.

After completing the soundtrack I imported onto Itunes which meant I could then import it onto Premiere Pro CS4.

We decided not to use this soundtrack as Yasmin had also created a soundtrack which fitted in with the piece better.  I used different guitar riffs, horns and synth samples to create this sound. 

I have also created audio which went with the soundtrack to create a more clear story to the audience.
After Yasmin had created the audio we thought that there was something lacking in the story, so we decided to experiment and add different bits of dialogues in different tones, pitches and lengths.
Below are the dialogues samples and the audio. 

When it came to recording the vocals I was able to do a live recording, this meant it would be my voice speaking which would make the dialogue more authentic. I was able to choose which effects my voice would have for each part. I used no effect, deeper vocals and helium breath.  After recording each part I was then able to edit it further by changing the amount of bass etc.. Once completed I imported to Itunes again then imported it to Premiere Pro CS4.

Surreal film posters

Rubber

Here is a poster for the surrealist film Rubber which is about a tyre which has the ability to murder people through telepathy.  With this poster they have made it look like it has been painted/comic book style which looks like Salvador Dali's famous painting Melting Clocks.

The colours used are very exaggerated which again make the shot look surreal. In regards to our film poster I would want to use the same kind of techniques such as exaggerating colours, not taking a still from the actual film and the main layout of the poster.